The Hayabusa 2 space probe successfully flew by and observed asteroid Torifune about 100 million kilometers from Earth, the ...

Hayabusa 2’s optical navigation camera captured this view of asteroid Ryugu from a distance of 6 kilometers (4 miles) on July 20. Credit: JAXA Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is preparing to release ...

Mascot — the white box with a dial on the front — is shown here still attached to the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft. It’s going to get a little more crowded on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu soon. Japan’s ...

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 is ready to touch down on asteroid Ryugu and should do so later this week. On Monday morning, Japanese officials confirmed that the spacecraft will attempt to land ...

Nothing about the Hayabusa 2 mission? No forum threads or front page articles? The mission just reached the target asteroid Ryugu and it looks slightly weird. It's quite the mission. They want to take ...

JAXA’s Hayabusa 2 mission plans to pull off a daredevil stunt of touching an asteroid, picking up a sample of the surface and bringing it back to Earth in late 2020. But there’s a small hitch in the ...